Smyrna times., 1887-02-02
Smvrna and Vicinitv.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
MONEY is a good thing to have and
to use rightly, but it cannot buy merit.
PHILADELPHIA's city election will be
held Feb. 18th; Smyrna's on March 9TH.
VALENTINES DAY, Feb. 14th; Lent
begins Feb. 23rd; Easter Sunday, April
10th.
A PARTIAL ECLIPSE of the moon will
take place on Feb. Sth, between and
6 A. NJ.
A COMMUNICATION in reply to "a
School Marin" had to be deferred until
our next issue.
THE sleet of last night and rain of to-
day have not impOVed the horrible
condition of the roads.
The White Rose Minstrels have bills
out for an entertainment tomorrow
night at the Town Hall.
SATURDAY was a gloomy day with
the merchants. The rain fell as indus
triOusly the whole afternoon as ifit was
paid for it.
PRICE HURLOCK, near BlackistOn's
Cross Roads cut his foot so severely
yesterday with an axe as to need sur
gical attention.
A POEM, entitled "a Soliloquy-
suggested by the death of Mrs. Han
nah NJ. Cowgirl" ," will be published in
our next issue"
Jos. c. COLE, of the Clayton House
at Clayton intends to discontinue busi-
ness, and will have a public sale on
Monday the l4th inst.
THE meeting of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, will be held
in the reading room Tuesday, February
Sth, at half past 2 o'clock.
A COMET is visible in the western
sky about six o'clock in the evening
and in the early morning, hut it takes
a pair of sharp eyes to single it out.
THE ladies of Clayton will hold a
festival in the Good Templars Hall in
that town on the evenings of the Sth
and 9th inst. for the benefit of the NJ.
z. Church.
IT was the present pastor, Rev. d. F.
McFaul, and not the former pastor. as
stated in our last issue, that "was
waited upon by his Leipsic friends with
substantial regards"
A. +. FOWLER has bought the house
through VIM. a. FAIRIES, of Mrs. Hester
Mitchell, deceased, near the depot
adjoining the residence Of Col. Geo. H
Raymond. Price, 81 200.
THE peach growers do not like
weather mild enough for bees to come
out of their hives and frolic around
and they would like to see it droI
down a little from the high tempera-
ture of the past ten days.
JOS. B. HUM has rented the Office
near the Smyrna House, occupied fol
some years as n real estate Office by A
p. Griffith, and will change his place Of
business as a barber shop from Della.
ware street to this place.
The February number of the Penin
sular Farm and Garden has Just beer
received. 1t is bright, crisp and fol
an agricultural paper, fresh and spark
ling. 1t will be strange if it does no
attract the attention of our farmers.
The school house on Bombay HooI
was burned down this day two weeks
1t caught from defective Aue "A wooden
arrangement. The house was cOmpar
atively new, but of small size. TIL,
school is being held in another hOus,
near by.
THROUGH the agency of J. H. Prim
rose Il Co., real estate brokers, tn,
property known as the Hazel house.
on Commerce street, has been sold t,
John H. Hoffecker at $1,000. TIL,
property is nearly opposite the resi-
dence of the latter.
TITUS HOBBS will have on the 18th
inst. one of the largest vendues eve
held IN this community, comprising
q head of horses, colts and mules, s.
head of cattle, % head of sheep, &c
He will sell everything, intending t,
quit farming and move to town.
THE building belonging to w. w
Tschudy, on Commerce street, the las
use of which was as a pickel factory
has been leased by Robert II. Macke,
and Robert Norris, both of this town
for the prosecution of the carriag
business. Mr.. Mackey has been il
business previously and Mr.. Norris i
making his first venture.
ATTENTION is called to the adyer
tisement Of Thomas d. Pierce, success
sOr of the Johnson Brothers, in the sho
business. As we have before stated
Mr.. Pierce comes to us thoroughly en-
dorsed as citizen and business man
In his advertisement he makes specia
announcement i'll regard to his stock o
winter goods, rubber goods especiall,
coming in for large reduction.
ONE of our citizens was astonishe,
by the reply Of a well-known peacl
grower, in response to query a da,
or two ago about the condition of tn
peach buds, that "every bud he hat
examined was dead" The mind of tb
questiOner was set at rest a little furtbe
on by the information that the farme
had examined no buds at all this winter
and should not until spring had come
C'@Cs ~ OAALE1 gives uOllcc IN an
other column of his readiness to serv,
our people in plumbing and gas fitting
Mr.. Bailey was the head workman 8
Geo. w. & S. Taylor during the intro
duction of water in so many building
last spring and summer, having hat
twelve years experience at the busi
ness. He is a competent workman
with thorough knowledge of the busi
ness in all its details.
A VERY LARGE NUMBER of cOlore,
people met at Bethel church yesterda,
TO attend the funeral of one of tbei
leading members, Joseph J. Ames. VIII
died on Sunday, aged Il years. Anne
was a well deported maa, who com
manded the respect of all classes. II,
has followed for some years the busi
ness of fcleaning and dying clothes. an,
we do not know that he has left an,
one to take his place.
A LETTER from E. B. Young for
merly Of Green Spring, who went {.
Kansas 10 live several years ago. nov
residing at Burlingame, says "W
have had no rain Of any amount sine
last June. so, of course, our corn Gro,
lone of Kansas main standby's) wa
almost an entire failure. We are havinl
fine winter, the weather moderat